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Henry V

by William Shakespeare

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Dramatis personae

  • Henry V
  • Duke of Gloucester (Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester) & Duke of Bedford (John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford), Brothers to the King
  • Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, Uncle to the King
  • Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Cousin to the King. He is the Aumerle of Richard II and the traitor Cambridge's brother; nothing is made of these connections.
  • Earls of Salisbury, Westmoreland, and Warwick
  • Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Bishop of Ely
  • Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scrope, and Sir Thomas Grey, Traitors
  • Sir Thomas Erpingham, Gower, Fluellen, Macmorris, Jamy, Officers in King Henry's Army
  • Bates, Court, Williams, Soldiers in the Same
  • Pistol, Nym, Bardolph
  • Boy
  • A Herald
  • The King of France, historically Charles VI but never named as such in the play
  • Lewis, the Dauphin
  • Dukes of Burgundy, Orleans, Bourbon, andBerry
  • Constable of France
  • Rambures and Grandpré, French Lords
  • Montjoy, a French Herald
  • Governor of Harfleur
  • Ambassadors to the King of England
  • Monsieur le Fer, a French soldier
  • Isabel, Queen of France
  • Katharine, Daughter to Charles and Isabel
  • Alice, a Lady attending on the Princess Katharine
  • Hostess of the Boar's Head Tavern, formerly Mistress Quickly, and now married to Pistol

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